This is the famous "trolley problem", posed by philosopher Philippa Ford in 1967. From the perspective of pragmatism, it is obvious that the life and death of five people is more important than the life and death of one person, but after all, not all issues can be thought through with complete rationality, and not all pros and cons can be quantified. A key issue that complicates this decision far more than a numerical comparison is: switching tracks makes you a murderer, directly causing the death of a victim, and letting the train continue to run will at best be subject to "inaction". Conscience condemned.
What will Master Wayne do? Nolan gave the answer in "Mystery of the Shadow", the first of the Batman trilogy: Batman and the villain Ra's al Ghul duel on a tram, and finally escaped before the explosion. On the issue that contradicts his own "don't kill" principle, Batman's explanation is: "I won't kill you, but I don't need to save you." Nolan's answer may not be recognized by the majority of master fans, but Apparently he himself is very enthusiastic about the application of this classic philosophical problem, and in the second installment of the series, The Dark Knight, he subtly implanted the trolley problem again, and more than once. The first is whether Batman should have killed the Joker in order to save millions of people in Gotham City. The second is the classic bridge section. Two ships are loaded with bombs, one is a civilian and the other is a prisoner. Both sides have detonators for bombs on each other's ships. Killing the other side can save lives. Blast together. Nolan not only visualized this moral decision in a dramatic way, but also added a "prisoner's dilemma" style of game theory thinking.
During a joint Anglo-American military operation, Colonel Kathryn Powell used drone surveillance to find the high-level terrorist who had been hunting for six years in a Kenyan home. When local agents helped confirm his identity, they discovered that a suicide bombing attack was being planned in the room, so the action attribute was changed from the original surveillance to airstrike decapitation. The special nationality and identity of several terrorists brought diplomatic and political obstacles to this counter-terrorism operation. After several twists and turns, the beheading operation was finally given the green light after repeated excuses by officials and politicians. But then a young Kenyan girl started selling bread next to the target's house, breaking into the blast range of the airstrike target, almost certainly causing "collateral damage". This leads to the "trolley problem" mentioned at the beginning of the article: hunting terrorists, thwarting suicide attacks, potentially saving hundreds of lives, but almost certainly at the expense of innocent little girls. On the contrary, if the fighter jet is delayed because of the little girl, the consequences may be disastrous.
Film fans may not be unfamiliar with director Jarvan Hood, but there are not many excellent works in the past two years, and
In addition to the director, there are many bright spots in the cast and crew. The film's executive producer is Colin Firth, who starred in "The King's Speech" and "The King's Secret Service", and the Kenyan spy is played by newcomer Barkhad Abdi, who was very eye-catching in "Captain Philip" last year. What is most worth mentioning is that this film is also the screen swan song of "Professor Snape" Alan Rickman. He also contributed good acting skills in this film. The director subtly excavated his serious appearance. The casual British cold noodle humor (you must have never eaten British cold noodles, and North Korean cold noodles must have been eaten).
The precise and fast editing allows the camera to continuously switch between London Westminster, the operational command room and the US Air Force Base, with a tight rhythm and full of tension. Modern communication technology has allowed the three originally independent rooms to interact closely, forming a combined large-scale indoor group play. The opening and closing of video calls adds dimension and interest to this spaced group play.
What is commendable is that this film does not bias any of the two opposing choices, and tries to objectively depict the parties who stand from different angles and grasp different moral standards as much as possible. Although the ending of the film is extremely predictable and seems to be the only reasonable possibility, but as I said before, there is no correct answer to the question of the tram, and the choice of either is not worth exploring, but the motivation behind the choice and The reasons for this dilemma are worth considering.
In March, the U.S. military neutralized 150 suspected terrorists in a drone operation targeting al-Shabaab in Somalia. It's an embarrassing coincidence, which almost coincides with the film's North American release. At 20,000 feet in the sky, human nature is as thin as oxygen. If the missile's reasonable margin of error is greater than the moral margin of human error, justice is impossible.
The crisis begins when humanity begins to act as God, exercising the power of creation and destruction.
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